Major Kawaguchi no longer knew what words to use to describe his current frustration and anger.
"Dong dong dong..."
A string of heavy machine gun bullets swept towards him, and the three subordinates guarding him screamed and fell into a pool of blood. Each soldier had at least one bloody hole in his body.
The moment he died at close range, Major Kawaguchi was brought back to reality, and he realized that he was in a dangerous situation under siege by the Eighth Route Army, and that if he was not careful, he would be completely wiped out.
He quickly shook his head to keep himself calm, and then looked around, looking for a breakthrough.
"Retreat to the Imperial Alliance Army..." Major Kawaguchi made a decision quickly, as if he had found a life-saving straw in despair, and he was nervous and expecting the order.
"The sound of the firefight there is relatively weak, and the casualties of the Imperial Alliance Army must be very small..."
"The United Imperial Army might be able to catch the Eighth Route Army off guard...quickly..."
The adjutant was already confused by this sudden ambush. Major Kawaguchi ordered him to quickly calm down his emotions. He also had some ideas in his chaotic mind, and quickly called the captain of the unit closest to him to escort the captain to the Imperial Alliance Army.
Zhang Xuan obviously wouldn't let the little devil get his wish.
The reason why the firepower attacking the Imperial Alliance Army was weaker than that attacking them was because Zhang Xuan wanted to capture more prisoners.
Although the puppet troops were little Japanese lackeys, most of the ordinary soldiers inside were recruited by the Japanese army through recruitment, and they were not real traitors.
Capture them, do ideological work well, and mobilize them to join the Eighth Route Army. The guerrilla brigade will immediately have hundreds of trained recruits, equipped with weapons and ammunition, and can go to the battlefield.
Since this group of people are destined to become prisoners of the guerrilla brigade, Zhang Xuan will definitely not let them fall into the hands of the Japanese army again, helping them to attack the Eighth Route Army...
"Boom boom boom..."
More than a dozen artillery shells that fell from the sky seemed to have eyes, and they all hit in front of Major Kawaguchi. They used artillery fire to blast an isolation belt between the Japanese and puppet troops, preventing Major Kawaguchi from joining the puppet troops.
"Bagheya Road... The artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army cannot continue to explode. If we continue to charge forward, we can continue to survive if we break through the artillery fire interception... Kill them..."
Major Kawaguchi had obviously understood that joining the Imperial Alliance Army was his only way out at the moment. He looked as if he had been given a shot of blood as he stared at a pair of red eyes and shouted orders.
The command knife in his hand was pointing straight ahead, and he was shouting orders, as if he was going to fight anyone who didn't charge forward.
"Kill me..."
The captain's order also made several squad captains and squadron leaders become murderous, leading their men into the artillery fire isolation zone with red eyes.
"Boom boom boom..."
Explosions kept ringing in Major Kawaguchi's ears, and soldiers kept being blown away in the explosions, but he turned a deaf ear and kept calling on his subordinates to continue the assault, without any intention of stopping.
This is Major Kawaguchi's only hope for survival, and he will never give up until the last moment.
Lady luck befell him again.
Artillery shells continued to hit and explode around him, but Major Kawaguchi was not attacked from the beginning to the end, and he was lucky enough to break through the artillery fire isolation zone.
As long as he rushes a hundred meters further, he can join up with the Imperial Association Army lying on the road to avoid the ambush. At that time, he will have hundreds of more troops under his command. Whether he is launching a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's ambush troops or breaking through, he will be more effective.
Confidence.
But this time he miscalculated.
Just when victory was already beckoning to him, more than a hundred Eighth Route Army soldiers suddenly appeared from the flank of the highway.
It was like a group of hungry wolves smelling the smell of blood, headed by eight or nine light machine guns, plowing straight into the joint headquarters of the Japanese and puppet troops on the road.
"Da da da……"
Bullet rain swept across from the side. There were not many soldiers who broke through the artillery fire isolation zone. They were killed in an instant. They died and escaped...
"Bagya Road...stop these Eighth Route Army..." Major Kawaguchi shouted with a worried expression, waving his command knife.
"All the security forces rush over to me. We must not let the Eighth Route Army stand in front of us... Hurry..."
"Otherwise we will all die here..."
Dozens of little Japs guarding Major Kawaguchi responded to the call and charged at the Eighth Route Army's intersecting troops with rifles in hand.
"Dong dong dong..."
Unfortunately, before they could fight the Eighth Route Army, they were blocked by two strings of heavy machine gun bullets from the flank...
In the end, Major Kawaguchi could only watch the Eighth Route Army split himself and the Imperial Association Army into two...
"Tick-tick...tick-tock..."
A face suddenly turned pale. Before he could react from the shock, the loud sound of charging horns sounded directly from the ridges on both sides of the road.
Countless figures rushed out of the ridge, roaring and rushing towards the road...
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On the battlefield of Lower Stone Castle.
The 1st Battalion of the Guerrilla Battalion had successfully captured the southeastern corner of the stronghold, and only waited for the torpedo cannons to be in place before launching an attack on the central turret of the stronghold.
The firepower point on the turret can attack any position of the stronghold. If the guerrilla brigade wants to capture the stronghold with the least casualties, it must first capture the central turret, so that the Japanese and puppet troops lose support, and then the central turret can be opened to capture the Japanese bunker surrounding the stronghold.
"Rumble..."
Four explosive packets the size of millstones rolled and flew towards the stronghold, and they all hit the corner of the turret.
Although the turret failed to be destroyed on the spot, the powerful shock wave still blew a large hole in the outer wall of the turret. The powerful shock wave directly shocked all the Japanese and puppet troops guarding the first floor of the turret to death. Even the little Japanese on the second floor were stunned by the shock.
, my stomach was churning, and I almost fainted.
"Quick... everyone evacuates the gun towers and retreats to the barracks to continue to wait for help..."
The Japanese squadron leader reacted very quickly and was the first to rush out of the crumbling turret, wanting to continue fighting.
"Boom boom boom..."
As a result, less than twenty meters away from the turret, there was an explosion in his ears, and then the whole person flew up from the ground.
Severe pain spread from his back throughout his body at the same time. He knew he had been hit by shell fragments, and before he could even let out a scream, he lost consciousness.
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Fangshan County Japanese Army Regiment Headquarters.
The operator suddenly rushed to the commander: "Sir..."
"Our radio contact with the Xiashibao stronghold was interrupted... No matter how we called, there was no response from the Xiashibao stronghold..."
The telephone soldier on the side ran over at the same time and reported: "All telephone contacts have been interrupted..."
The commander of the regiment was so anxious that he immediately shouted: "Where are the reinforcements..."
"Where are the reinforcements commanded by Major Kawaguchi..."
"Xia Shibao stronghold is the most important stronghold for us to block the guerrilla brigade from coming out of the mountain. We must not make any surprises..."
"Contact them immediately..."
"Even if the stronghold is lost, I will take it back while the Eighth Route Army's foothold is still unstable."
